Effect of repetition rate on the formation of microtears in tendon in an in vivo cyclical loading model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1176-1184

  Nakama, Leena H ^a,b   King, Karen B ^a,b,c   Abrahamsson, Sven ^d   Rempel, David M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epicondylitis; Overuse; Repetitive loading; Tendinitis; Tendonitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 34548382714     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20408     Document Type: Article

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